In Khmelnitsky, during the meeting, they voted for the transfer of the Holy Intercession Cathedral of the UOC-MP to the OCU, and the first prayer in Ukrainian took place in the church.
Source: Public with reference to the Chairman of the Audit Commission Yuriy Smal, hromadskemayor of Khmelnitsky Alexander Simchishin in Telegram
Details: According to Smal, the keys to the temple were handed over to the audit commission, which was elected by the townspeople during the meeting.
According to him, the audit commission, the media and the previous secretary of the temple, Alexander Rybchinsky, entered the cathedral. They describe the property.
According to preliminary data, 1235 people officially registered at the meeting.
On Monday, representatives of the commission will carry documents on the re-registration of the religious community in the OVA, Smal added.
At the same time, according to a hromadske correspondent, the first prayer in Ukrainian has already taken place in the cathedral. Also, people in the temple sang songs, in particular the anthem of Ukraine.
The mayor of Khmelnitsky Alexander Simchishin has already commented on the first Ukrainian-language prayer, he also published a video of the prayer.
The military chaplain of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Archimandrite Daniil (Tarnavsky), in a commentary to hromadske, said that now “official re-registration measures are taking place.”
“We are describing the property that belongs to the cathedral so that tomorrow they don’t take anything out here and say that someone stole something,” he said.
After that, the cathedral will be sealed, and subsequently the OCU will begin to hold divine services in the church, Daniel claims.
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